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To: vladimir998

Not only is the existence of a proto-Indo-European culture generally accepted in academia, it also is consistent with Biblical accounts.

Using the term ‘Easter’ for Resurection Day is limited to English I think, with most languages using a cognate of the Hebrew ‘Pesach’ (Passover) for the day.


30 posted on 04/22/2011 7:55:35 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

You wrote:

“Not only is the existence of a proto-Indo-European culture generally accepted in academia, it also is consistent with Biblical accounts.”

It is not accepted in academic circles - nor is it Biblically supported - that there was even a cursory connection or influence between ANCIENT inhabitants of Mesopotamia and Germanic peoples.

“Using the term ‘Easter’ for Resurection Day is limited to English I think, with most languages using a cognate of the Hebrew ‘Pesach’ (Passover) for the day.”

The word “Easter” is used in various forms by all Germanic language speaking peoples: English, Germans, Swedes, etc. The word was adopted because it was used to name a season, not because of the goddess originally connected to that season. Also, there is no known connection or evidence of a connection between that goddess and any Mesopotamian goddess. The nutty theory you posted was put forward by the sciolist Hislop and numerous people have come to believe in it since.


32 posted on 04/22/2011 8:39:34 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Copts, Nazis, Franks and Beans - what a public school education puts in your head.)
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